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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[josh]

Iranian political and military leadership, including Gen. Soleimani, neglected one of the most ancient maxims in the history of warfare: know thy enemy.

President Trump is not the type of American politician to which Iran's leaders had become accustomed over the past 40 years. This president actually did what he said he would do. U.S. policy vis-à-vis Iraq, Iran and the greater Middle East changed with the new administration.





https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-iran-stand-down-navy-seal-jack-carr

Peace between Israel and its enemies. I remember.

Go, Jared, go!

[josh]

Oooh! Remember this campaign promise?

Place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections
"A complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections."

Instead, he goes direct to the foreign governments!

[barton]

Note kiid is the poster who constantly - constantly - equates political opposition to Trump with personal animus towards Trump.

If one can combine both,  it bespeaks a sound mind and ability to judge character.  It's apparently hard for Kid to grasp that people tend to personally dislike lying scumbags who shit on society's most vulnerable.  Political opposition isn't all lofty abstraction, nor need it be to be legitimate.  People are often disliked for a reason.   The topic is those reasons,  not applying calipers to someone's dislike.   

[josh]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/online-vulnerable-experts-find-nearly-three-dozen-u-s-voting-n1112436?fbclid=IwAR2uP2Zikh6XoysUPJ19XdMjKf0roeVCFPSX2xwmSMOH3j6Pqlb5rC5qe8g

It was an assurance designed to bolster public confidence in the way America votes: Voting machines “are not connected to the internet.”

Then Acting Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security Jeanette Manfra said those words in 2017, testifying before Congress while she was responsible for the security of the nation’s voting system.

So many government officials like Manfra have said the same thing over the last few years that it is commonly accepted as gospel by most Americans. Behind it is the notion that if voting systems are not online, hackers will have a harder time compromising them.

But that is an overstatement, according to a team of 10 independent cybersecurity experts who specialize in voting systems and elections. While the voting machines themselves are not designed to be online, the larger voting systems in many states end up there, putting the voting process at risk.

That team of election security experts say that last summer, they discovered some systems are, in fact, online.

“We found over 35 [voting systems] had been left online and we’re still continuing to find more,” Kevin Skoglund, a senior technical advisor at the election security advocacy group National Election Defense Coalition, told NBC News.

[josh]

America - Land of the Pricy, Home of the Mercenary

Any US troops who die in Saudi Arabia are not dying for their country or to keep us free. They're dying for money - and not getting their share of it, either.

"Bring the troops home!" promised Donald Trump.
We have 228,000+ folks overseas as of Sept. 2019 (per the DoD). 166 countries. (I excluded US protectorates and territories.)
Hey, it's down, right? It was 275,000+ in Dec. 2016, in 174 countries. Sooo much better!

Except that it is a lie.

Between the September 2017 DoD report and the December 2017 DoD report, what they were reporting changed from "Counts of Active Duty and Reserve Service Members and APF Civilians" to "Number of Military and DoD Appropriated Fund (APF) Civilian Personnel Permanently Assigned."
The number overseas in the September 2017 report was ~291,000.
The number overseas in the December 2017 report was  ~218,000. The quoted segment was added for that report for the first time:

Note: The DMDC data only reflects personnel who are permanently assigned for duty at these locations.  The table does not include personnel on temporary duty, or deployed in support of contingency operations. 

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-brags-about-serving-up-american-troops-to-saudi-arabia-for-cash-936623/?fbclid=IwAR1oGfC0EvkaHEXpZ9GZ5d-CQ9WRGhIVbHgCfVGdd8nUb-rd2jVswsm8-gE

During President Donald Trump’s interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Friday, the president spoke about his positive relationship with Saudi Arabia, including how the country is paying to use American troops. Conservative Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), who until recently was a Republican, responded to Trump’s remarks in a tweet, saying, “He sells troops.”

“Saudi Arabia is paying us for [our troops]. We have a very good relationship with Saudi Arabia,” Trump said. “I said, listen, you’re a very rich country. You want more troops? I’m going to send them to you, but you’ve got to pay us. They’re paying us. They’ve already deposited $1 billion in the bank.

“We are going to help them, but these rich countries have to pay for it. South Korea gave us $500 million… I said, ‘You gotta help us along. We have 32,000 soldiers in South Korea protecting you from North Korea. You’ve gotta pay.'”

[LarryBnDC]

Why would you assume those two things are based on racism and not Trump's just doing what he feels is best for the nation?

Because of his failure to handle immigrant issues equally in other parts of the country, including the group representing the highest percentage of folks here illegally in any given year, in part.

And because there are many items that could have been rolled back by the president, but his focus has consistently been those.

Why would you assume otherwise from a man who has demonstrated by his words his loathing for his predecessor and his disdain for minorities (other than Jews)?

I'll note your lack of comment on the meat of my response to your bogus claim.

Man's just trying to accomplish what was promised

Promised to whom?

The people of nation or just the white people?

[oilcan]

Jeopardy, the game show,  unable to acknowledge Bethlehem in occupied territory.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/jeopardy-episode-palestine-question-uproar-200111165110124.html

Palestine was a correct answer,  no matter how hard brutal right-wing fascists work on ethnically cleansing their illegally occupied areas of Palestine. 

[luee]

---Iran’s only female Olympic medalist said she defected from the Islamic Republic in a blistering online letter that describes herself as “one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran.”---

https://nypost.com/2020/01/12/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-kimia-alizadeh-defects-with-blistering-attack-on-regime/

Drone attacks on Iranian terrorist leaders, such a perfect fit. Blown up holy warriors plan no atrocities.

[bodiddley]

Killing your enemies, if it's done badly, increases their number . . .

[FlyingVProd]

Donald J. Trump

4 hrs · 

To the leaders of Iran - DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching. Turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free! Stop the killing of your great Iranian people!

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Ivanka Trump

8 mins · 

President Trump’s message in Farsi supporting Iranian protesters is the most liked Persian tweet in history of Twitter!

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Improved human rights can happen in Iran, and we can have peace.

Blessed be the peacemakers.

Salute,

Tony V.

[bambu.]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/queen-blindsided-by-prince-harry-and-meghans-decision-to-step-back-as-senior-royals/news-story/35f2d62e96c92aa9fb827d29b1cf13dd

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s “Megxit” could soon get even uglier — amid fears they will give an explosive interview branding the royal family “racist and sexist,” it has been reported.

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Fears?
So what is it, can't get your own way all the time, play the race and sex cards?
They wanna play that game, ...strip them of their titles, delete them from the public purse in all respects, and tell them to stay in Canada and never come back.
Problem solved...would take all of 24 hours to fix.
"Bye bye, have a nice life, hope all your dreams come true."
Upsetting her Majesty the Queen, they should be put in the stocks in the town square.
The wedding was so nice too, White folks and Black folks mixing together in happiness.

[josh]

Donald J. Trump

To the leaders of Iran - DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching. Turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free! Stop the killing of your great Iranian people!

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https://www.newsweek.com/trump-suggests-protesting-should-be-illegal-us-1107300

In an interview with The Daily Caller, Trump said, "I don't know why they don't take care of a situation like that."

"I think it's embarrassing for the country to allow protesters. You don't even know what side the protesters are on," he said, adding, "In the old days, we used to throw them out. Today, I guess they just keep screaming."

Tony, you are being conned. You are refusing to look at the big picture, instead swallowing every ejaculation from Trump's mouth like it came from a burning bush!

[bambu.]

"Racist and sexist" LOL

Who exactly is the Duchess of Sussex?

A woman.
An African-American woman.

If this is what goes down, she does women, and in particular Black women, a major disservice.

[josh]

"Racist and sexist" LOL

Who exactly is the Duchess of Sussex?

A woman.
An African-American woman.

If this is what goes down, she does women, and in particular Black women, a major disservice.

Spoken like the expert on (a) women, (b) Blacks, and (c) British royalty that you are.

Which is to say, an ignoramous on all three counts and any combination of them that one cares to examine.

Or, as your more powerful, but like-minded predecessors would have said to her, "know your place!"

[josh]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/politics/mark-esper-us-embassies-soleimani-cnntv/index.html

I love Esper's take on the allegedly then imminent attacks on the four embassies.

No, he saw no intelligence about such an attack, but he believes the president when Trump says there was some.

Then there is Pompeo's claim that Congressional leaders were told about the embassies' being at risk, but somehow none of the congressfolk attending remember its having been brought up.

Not to mention that it was not the first reason we were given. Nor was it the second or third. And when finally it was brought fourth (heh), it was that an embassy might have been attacked. Maybe more than one. Oh, right! It was four. We always knew it was four!

You want to know when that was going to happen? Um, soon. Imminently soon! Someday. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Or as others put it, without the American having been killed, there might not have been an assassination.